Ararahih'urípih
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tíshraam 'prairie', i.e. a level or unwooded place, a valley or clearing; a (cultivated) field; also a placename, Scott Valley

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6096 | revised Jul 22 2014

tíshraam • N • 'prairie', i.e. a level or unwooded place, a valley or clearing; a (cultivated) field; also a placename, Scott Valley

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Source: WB 1391, p.386

  • víri vaa vúra kunipíti axyaráva patíshraam pa'ifápiitsha. They say those flats are full of girls. [Reference: TK 67.18]
  • a'ikrêen uum tishráam usáansipreenik pa'upva'amáyav. Falcon packed in yampah roots from Scott Valley. [Reference: TK 66.20]

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  1. púyava    kúth    uum    pootíshraamhiti    panámniik   
    you.see    because.of    3.SG    that.there.is.a.flat    Orleans   
    That's why there is a flat at Orleans.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás    uxús    tishráam    kanvâarami   
    then    he.thought    valley    let.me.go.away   
    And he thought, "Let me go to Scott Valley."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  3. xás    tíshraam    ufmaanahîichva   
    then    valley    he.has.a.mistress   
    And he had a mistress in Scott Valley.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  4. víriva    uum    tishrámniik    pakuníxtiivhitih   
    so    3.SG    a.level.place    where.they.played.it   
    They played it on a level place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  5. utíshraamhitih   
    it.is.a.valley   
    It is a valley.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  6. túuyship    uvêehrimva    xás    utíshraamhitih    musúrukam   
    mountain    it.is.standing    then    it.is.a.valley    underneath.them   
    Mountains are standing, and a valley is below them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  7. káan    tishrámkaam    xás    úhthaamhitih    káru    ipahá'anamahach    káan    u'íihya   
    there    a.big.field    then    he.is.planting    also    a.little.tree    there    it.is.standing   
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  8. páy    uum    tishrámkaam    xás    utuyshíiprinahiti    yiiv   
    this    3.SG    a.big.valley    then    it.is.a.mountain.rising    far   
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text